Stigma Webinar Series, Part III: Re-grounding Our Response Through the Stages of Change: Behavior Change, Stigma and Stakeholder Engagement Webinar Materials

Building on Part I of the stigma webinar series and its introduction of a statewide collective impact model for addressing stigma, this webinar delivered the first part of the model that also served as its conceptual framework. This webinar introduced the stages of change and showed grantees how these apply to their target populations. We also discussed how those same principles applied to grantee engagement of community stakeholders and their openness to evidence-based practices that reduce morbidity and mortality related to SUD/OUD.

Learning objectives

• Understand the burden of change
• Understanding how behavior change happens
• Discuss how understanding the stages of change can help keep people safe, build self-efficacy, and support the change process
• Learn how to support community members through the process of change